Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

Uranium is found on every continent, but the largest deposits are in Australia, Kazakhstan, Canada, and Russia. There are ...

More common than gold, uranium is abundant on Earth. But less than one percent of the naturally occurring element is useful for nuclear power.Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a ...

Uranium enrichment is a critical process that increases the concentration of Uranium-235, essential for both nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. Various methods exist for enriching uranium, ...

Depleted uranium shells will equip M1A1 Abrams battle tanks, also from the U.S. Lance Cpl. Julio McGraw, USMC/Flickr These isotopes are all uranium and have the same chemical characteristics, but they ...

There are other uses of uranium apart from nuclear weapons as discussed in this article. Uranium is a silver-grey metal that is radioactive. The most common types are uranium 235 and uranium 238. The ...

A member of a radiation team holds a 30mm armor-piercing shell containing depleted uranium, used by NATO during air strikes on Bosnia in 1995, which was found in a former military factory in the ...

The health effects of depleted uranium ammunition continue to be "a matter of hot debate" after the U.K. committed to sending the controversial munitions to Ukraine. On March 20, Annabel Goldie, the U ...

The U.S. has announced it's sending depleted uranium anti-tank rounds to Ukraine, following Britain's lead in sending the controversial munitions to help Kyiv push through Russian lines in its ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Excerpted from Chain Reaction: The Hopeful History of Uranium by ...

Niger is threatening legal action against Orano over barrels of radioactive waste found near a former uranium site amid ...